 Thanks for checking out this movie review video. So this is for the 2020 film Teddy It's a shutter original film and it's coming Thursday, August 5th to shutter and since that's the case This is a no spoiler review. My synopsis is going to be very vague But I'm sure that if you've seen the synopsis that shutters put out then you know probably what this film is going to be It's not a new concept. It's actually a very old concept for a film like this, but it's how they do it It's their own kind of twist. It's their own take and it's about the journey to get there really more than it is about this core story In my opinion and this is a film. I would definitely recommend seeing I will throw out Upfront it's a French film. So it is subtitled. So I would say you know If you have trouble with subtitles like legitimate ones where you get migraines or something like that That's what my mother has so she can't watch subtitle films. I understand that Otherwise, if you don't have a situation like that or any legit reason that you can't watch subtitled films Watch watch watch watch. So anyway, and that's my quick little rant written and directed by Ludovic book Bookerama and Zorin bookerama. I believe they're probably related The only other film they've done is Willy Wonner or I think it might switch supposed to be wonder It's the number one and then you are at the end Like I said, it's a French film. It actually was a con film festival selection now. Some people say can film festival I believe it's technically con film festival But that should tell you the quality of this and it's interesting because it's a shutter original film So I would assume that it probably is relatively low budget and it does present in certain ways like it is low budget Although the look of it is phenomenal. It is visually stunning Excellent directing cinematography the colors on this pop. The editing is wonderful. The camera work is excellent From a technical standpoint, there's so much great stuff here. It's an interesting story Like I said, it's an old story done in a little bit of a different way There's no huge wow factor to it for that reason but there is a bit of a payoff at the end it's a nice ending and It's a nice film. I I definitely enjoyed it and like I said, it's about the journey Getting there and it's about more than anything for me the visuals on this it looks Stunning in so many ways and I am all about films like that Especially when they have like actual substance to them. So synopsis basically it's about this kid named Teddy Who's an outcast? He's not in school anymore or anymore or anything. He doesn't have parents He's living kind of with this guy. I don't know if they ever really tell you what their relationship really is Like how they're related if they even are related seems like aunt and uncle. Maybe that he's living with and He's an outcast, you know, he's he doesn't relate to many people and it's kind of about that So at the core, it's really this film is about ostracized Ostrosation is that even a word being ostracized within society, especially when you're younger You know choosing to live your life a certain way and then because of that kind of being alone and the way that everyone Looks at you and the way that you kind of feel forced out of every circle that's there of friends and Societally and all that jazz It has an opening scene that grabs you a little bit followed by some light and slightly humorous stuff And there is like this undertone of like a humor throughout the entire film kind of mixed with this Corkiness as well because a lot of the characters are actually very eccentric. They're not Deadpan straight-up characters and also like the way the film is shot has this kind of interesting askew corky style to it so it that all kind of rolls around think something maybe like a Wesson Anderson type film, you know something like bottle rocket or the Royal Tenenbombs or something like it has a style That has this quirkiness that has this undertone of a humor even though the humor is not like outright funny If that makes any sense just saying Like I said, I need to beat this to death though. It looks excellent. The film is excellent directing cinematography. It looks phenomenal the There are a lot of really good scene cuts now I don't bring that up a whole lot just because Scene cuts are pretty basic things typically but in this film you really notice how interesting the scene cuts are and what I mean by That is where they choose to end a scene and where they choose to start a scene and it's just Interesting a lot of these shots and how they choose to end and start scenes are just very visually appealing very interesting I love this film from a visual standpoint The colors in this film pop so well Wonderful use of colors and it adds to the overall amazing aesthetic of it The film is overall very quirky and like I said, you know eccentric and it's there's kind of a it's written as kind of a mix of like a Humor and mystery and a little bit of horror twisted into it Does that sound good it is Really good acting in this film too the actors all brought their a-game great job on that They do wait quite a while to really get things going in this film But you don't really end up mine Minding because the characters and the style of the film are so compelling You do even though it is kind of slow you feel so immersed in the world That's created there from a visual standpoint, but also you care about the characters You're interested in the characters you want to see what they're going to do next and what they're gonna say next because they are Compelling on screen they demand your attention and that speaks to the writing to the technical aspects of the filmmaking and to the actual acting itself So really well done With the final big scene of this film There's a lot that's done off-screen Unfortunately for a lot of people and for that reason is that's one of the reasons I was saying I think it probably was a pretty low-budget film So certain things they can't do they give you a little bit of what you're really looking for for the whole film in the end But they do more of an off-screen type thing for the big end scene And then they show you the aftermath and the aftermath has impact. So don't write it off based off that You'll get some payoff. It'll be enough. I mean it was enough for me. Maybe it won't be enough for you But for me it was fine Pretty good ending like I said decent decent decent Once I once again, I said it's not anything new, but it is quite interesting The last thing I want to point out. This is just kind of like an Easter egg-y type thing You don't see the back of the shirt of the main character Teddy and tell about an hour and 19 minutes into the film And the film is like with credits an hour and 28 minutes You don't it at about the hour and 19 minute mark you see the back of his shirt finally Easter egg pay attention to that It was a cool kind of moment for me. I was just like, oh, that's cool It's not anything like super important to the film or anything It's just like a little Easter egg-y type thing, which I found I found kind of funny and fun So anyway, that's my feeling on Teddy. Like I said, you should check this film out. It is a good film I didn't really have like a ton to say about it, especially from a story standpoint because it's really just kind of In the in a good way meandering Story about this dude Teddy and his life and you really are interested in what's going on with it. It's It's interesting. It's super interesting. It's it's a character piece I don't know if people like character pieces or not, but I definitely recommend this film This isn't like the most amazing film I've seen or anything, but obviously for the the visual standpoint of it So good So out of five stars with half stars in play I'm gonna give it a very solid three and a half star rating I thought we thought between going three and a half and four. So if I did quarters, I'd do three point seven five but I Didn't go with the four just because I do think they could have done more with the story Made it a little bit more compelling story-wise, but It was still pretty good three and a half stars. Well Yeah, three and a half feels right I was about to just switch it right there and say four But that just points out how in between I am between the three and a half and four But you get the point it's a good film check it out tell people to check it out if you have friends who you want to recommend good stuff too and Put some comments down here when you see it You can go ahead and put spoilers down there, too. We can talk spoilers. No problem. Did you love it? Did you hate it? Were you in between on it would love to hear your opinions and also? Look, excuse me. Also do me a quick favor hit the subscribe button for me If you're not a subscriber well first of all if you are a subscriber Thank you very much greatly appreciate that if you're not please consider becoming one. 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